Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Reprieve Runs Out, Slayer Executed

A man who raped and killed a 76-year-old nun was executed by injection in Huntsville, Tex., five weeks after Gov. Ann Richards issued a last-minute reprieve at the urging of Pope John Paul II. Johnny Frank Garrett, 28, came within an hour of execution on Jan. 6 before Richards issued the 30-day reprieve. But the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 17 to 0 last week against commuting the sentence. In a final statement Garrett declared: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can (obscenity).”